WE@EU INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS:Networking event.

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Mary Ann Dickinson

Alliance for Water Efficiency

Needed Public Policies for Water Efficiency

WE@EU INTERNATIONAL

COOPERATION AGREEMENTS:

Networking event

Wednesday, May 17th 2016European Parliament

BRUSSELS

Mary Ann Dickinson

President and CEO

The Alliance for

Water Efficiency:

Working on Water

Efficiency in North

American and Beyond

What is the Need?

Prolonged drought in many states

Uncertain supplies due to weather,

population growth, competition, and

contamination

Costs to secure, treat and deliver water

are rising

Efficiency remains the most cost-effective,

immediate and environmentally

beneficial way to stretch supplies and

meet customer demands in a cost-effective

way

40 of the 50 States Are Short

A Voice for Water Efficiency

Opened our doors in July, 2007

The only North American organization with

the sole mission to promote the efficient

and sustainable use of water

Unites water suppliers, plumbing,

appliance and irrigation manufacturers,

advocates, government and academia

Advocacy, education, tools and research

3 stakeholder committees driving projects

400+ member organizations

AWE Goals

Be a clear and authoritative national voice

Provide comprehensive information on

products, programs, and practices

Represent the interest of efficiency in codes

and standards process

Transform the market for fixtures and

appliances

Coordinate with green building programs

Train water conservation professionals

Improve the consumer’s understanding of

need for efficiency

Conduct needed research on critical topics

National Policy and Advocacy

Areas of Interest:

WaterSense® authorization

Tax-free water conservation

rebates

Water/energy nexus research

Standards and codes

Testified twice before Senate

committees on water/energy

Legislative Watch page

tracking federal legislation

State and local level too

Codes and Standards

1992 Federal Energy Policy Act

Fixture US Standard Maximum

Water Closets 6 liters/flush

Showerheads 9.5 liters/minute

Faucets 9.5 liters/minute

Urinals 3.8 liters/flush

More EPAct Standards

In 2005 US Energy Policy Act revised to set

efficiency Standard for pre-rinse spray valves (6

liters/minute maximum)

Standard dishwashers limited to 24.6 liters per

cycle after 1/1/2010; compact dishwashers

limited to 17 liters per cycle

Residential clothes washers must meet a

maximum water factor of 9.5 as of 1/1/2011

(Most are top loaders between 11.5 - 13)

Department of Energy authorized to specify

even stronger efficiency standards for clothes

washers in 2015 and dishwashers in 2018

Green Codes and Green Building

An emerging trend

National Codes getting adopted locally

IAPMO Green Code Supplement

ICC Green Code (IgCC)

ASHRAE 189.1

LEED Version 4 with baseline water

efficiency requirements

Executive Order 13514 for all federal

agencies (requires 2% reduction per year,

26% by 2020)

How Much Do Standards Save?

Toilets alone, assuming a

4% changeout rate

Savings occur without

cost to the water utility

Savings are permanent

over the life of the fixture

68.9 million megaliters

Enough to supply New

York City, Chicago, and

Los Angeles for 20 years

WaterSense Label

20% more efficient than Federal standard

Performance Tested

Already labeled: Tank Type Toilets

Flushometer Toilets

Faucets

Showerheads

Flushing Urinals

Pre-Rinse Spray Valves

New Homes

Weather Based Irrigation Controllers

In process: Moisture Sensors

www.AllianceforWaterEfficiency.org

Originally built in 2008, Updated daily

Resource Library covers nearly two dozen topical areas;

i.e. commercial, residential, CII & water/energy

Specialty Resources: Legislative Watch, newsletters,

calendar of events, advisory and other AWE-related

committee pages

2016 Priority: Rebuild to modernize, improve user

experience, streamline content, and mobile-friendly

Websites and Resource Library

www.home-water-works.org

55% increase in traffic from 2014 to 2016

Most sophisticated calculator available

Over 56,000 consumer water usage audits to date

Primary component of many utility efficiency programs

New customization opportunity for utilities:

Local evapotranspiration data

Refined water use values

Local conservation incentives

Financing Sustainable WaterTechnical Assistance and Resources

Building Better Rates in an Uncertain

World: A Handbook to explain key

concepts, provide case studies and

implementation advice

AWE Sales Forecasting and Rate

Model: Innovative, user-friendly tool to

model scenarios, solve for flaws, and

incorporate uncertainty into rate making

FinancingSustainableWater.org: Web-

based resources to convene the latest

research and information in one location

http://www.financingsustainablewater.org

Rate Model CapabilityTechnical Assistance and Resources

3. Bill impacts of Proposed rates

Under your Proposed rates, the volume charge may go up for some customers and down or stay the same for others. The Bill Impacts Table shows the percentage of bills that will go

down, stay the same, or go up -- and by how much. Charts showing the distribution of bill impacts for each customer class are provided on the Bill Impacts worksheet.

Affordability Index

% Change in Average and Median Annual Water Service Cost by Customer Class Current Proposed

Average Annual Water Service Cost Median Annual Water Service Cost Affordability index equals

Customer Class Current Proposed % Change Current Proposed % Change the median annual water

Single Family $777 $804 3.4% $650 $672 3.3% cost for the primary

Multi Family $4,254 $4,294 0.9% $1,930 $1,942 0.6% residential customer class

CII $3,323 $3,382 1.8% $1,481 $1,504 1.5% divided by median

Landscape $5,599 $6,007 7.3% $2,503 $2,720 8.7% household income.

Not in use

Not in use

Bill Impacts Table

% of bills decreasing by No More Than % of bills increasing by

Customer Class more than 20% 15 to 20% 10 to 15% 5 to 10% +/- 5% 5 to 10% 10 to 15% 15 to 20% more than 20%

Single Family 0% 0% 21% 38% 9% 4% 17% 11% 0%

Multi Family 0% 1% 38% 25% 4% 4% 18% 12% 0%

CII 0% 0% 25% 20% 28% 7% 9% 10% 0%

Landscape 0% 0% 26% 12% 33% 2% 6% 20% 0%

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Bill Impact

Histograms

Affordability

Indicator

http://www.financingsustainablewater.org

Westminster’s StoryTechnical Assistance and Resources

Citizens complained about being

asked to conserve when rates would

just go up anyway

Westminster reviewed marginal costs

for future infrastructure if conservation

had not been done

Since 1980 conservation has saved

residents and businesses 80% in tap

fees and 91% in rates compared to

what they would have been without

conservation

Tracking Tool Drives ConservationTechnical Assistance and Resources

450+ managers use the

tool to design water

efficiency programs

AWE provides technical

support for members large

and small

Recommended or required

by regulatory agencies in

California and Georgia

Version 3 to be available in

June, 2016

Training and WebinarsTraining and Public Education

The Impact of Green Codes and

Standards on Water Efficiency -

Part II: Addresses some of the unique

water efficiency provisions that

constitute the seven dominant green

codes and standards.

Managing Drought: Learning from

Australia: Provides an overview of

the key initiatives implemented by

Australia's four largest cities during an

extended period of extreme drought,

and how those measures could help

California through its current water

crisis.

Effects of Growth

Water Resources and Population Growth, 2000-2020Source: DOE/NETL (M. Chan, July 2002)

Net Blue: Water-Neutral Growth Innovation, Research and Leadership

3-year project to promote

sustainable communities

Research Report on Existing

Offset Policy Examples

Model ordinance communities

can tailor to create a water

demand offset approach

Will work with 7 partner cities to

pilot approach

Partners: Environmental Law

Institute and River Network

Outdoor Water UseInnovation, Research and Leadership

The next frontier in efficiency

Phase 1: Research compiled to

date and identified gaps

Phase 2: Conducting new

studies to produce actionable

information on water savings

2016 Studies:

Landscape Transformation

Impact of Drought

Restrictions

Assessing Demand HardeningInnovation, Research and Leadership

Study to address whether long-

term increases in water-use

efficiency can negatively impact

an area’s ability to adapt to

extended water shortages

Provides information on effects

of “demand hardening” and

recommendations on how to

avoid it.

Seven case studies

Report and fact sheet located at:

www.a4we.org/DHreport.aspx

Creating Jobs with EfficiencyInnovation, Research and Leadership

Asks the Obama administration for

$10 billion in water efficiency

Employment potential ranges

between 15-22 jobs per million

dollars of direct investment

$10 billion can:

Boost US GDP by $13 to $15 billion

Create150,000 to 220,000 jobs

Save 6.5-10 trillion gallons of water,

with resulting energy reduction

Funding not awarded

EPA Report

Every sector of the U.S.

economy influenced by water

But reliable information on the

economic importance of water

is scarce

The relationships between

Energy/Water/Food accounts

for more than 94% of off-

stream water use nationwide.

http://water.epa.gov/action/im

portanceofwater

Embedded Energy

Source: California Energy Commission, 2005 IEPR

Embedded Energy in Water

Source: California Energy Commission, 2005 IEPR

0.528 kWh/m3 to 5.28 kWh/m3

Water and EnergyInnovation, Research and Leadership

Blueprint document issued

with over 50

recommendations from the

stakeholder workshop

Research Report and

recommendations published

in 2013

Follow-up stakeholder

discussions occurring in

committee meetings and

conferences

Reports posted at a4we.org

State Scorecard ReportInnovation, Research and Leadership

Assesses state laws and

regulations on efficient

standards and requirements for

conservation

20 standardized questions

asked of all states on Laws

and Regulations only

No implementation results

Only two states got an “A-”

37 states got Cs or Ds

Detailed State Profiles and

Report Posted at a4we.org

State Laws and Standards

9 Years of Innovation and Evolution

Awarded 2014 U.S. Water Prize

for leadership in water

integration, innovation, and

collaboration

Growing and evolving to meet

new water challenges

Vision for 2030 in 2014-2016

Strategic Plan

Imagine H20 2016 policy

challenge prize winner for

developing a California policy to

enable onsite reuse of gray and

black water

Efficient2017 in Tel Aviv

21-23 March 2017

Hosted by the IWA Efficient

Urban Water Management

Specialist Group

Call for Abstracts out

Deadline extended to

August 15

Submit your program in an

abstract! Suggest a

workshop!

www.efficient2017.com